Imphal-based civil body bans Manipuri film actor Soma Laishram for three years
Manipuri film actor Soma Laishram from acting and social functions for three years sending shockwaves to the film fraternity of the strife-torn state.
The group, Kangleipak Kanba Lup (KKL) alleged her of taking part as a show stopper in a beauty pageant in New Delhi on Saturday despite a general appeal it made to the people and personal advice to her to desist from partaking in such programmes when Manipur is “still burning” for the last four months.
Film Forum Manipur (FFM), the umbrella body of all film bodies of the state, nevertheless expressed dissatisfaction over KKL’s decree on Soma and said it would move on to bring a solution to it.
Soma, who has acted in over 150 Manipuri films and bagged numerous awards, clarified that certain misjudgements on her participation at the Delhi event were there.
On 16 September, Soma participated as a show stopper in a concluding programme of the North East Students’ Festival held at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi that celebrated the cultural heritage of the northeast where she passionately spoke on the unprecedented current turmoil in Manipur and used the platform to appeal for support from all for peace and normalcy in the Manipur.
“As a professional actor and a social influencer it is my responsible to communicate and speak up about the crisis in Manipur and I chose this platform,” the celebrity actor said.
“The event I participated is a northeast festival hosted by My Home India, a non-profit organisation and the programme I took part is a cultural program celebrating cultural heritage of northeast,” she said.
A resident of the Kongeng Hajari Leikai in Imphal West district said, she got a call from the concerned organisation a day prior to the programme and suggested that she
